As you can see by the previous posted pictures, Blake is tube free! Yeah! He thinks this is a ticket to be crazy again! He's been running around the hospital all morning, happy to be liberated. His post-tube X-ray looked, as the doc put it, "Perfect".
One of Dr. Fraser's nurses came by this morning, and she snipped the knots on the top and bottom of Blake's chest incision. These knots hold the internal stitches in place, and are established enough now that they are unnecessary.
The cardiologists have come by and given their blessing that we can be released pending a 3PM follow-up X-ray (they are looking to be sure their is no fluid accumulation or air pockets in his chest).
But, the real decision maker is Dr. Fraser. He has two "short" surgeries today, and he has to be the one to bless us to leave. We know he is super conservative, and we are hoping that the fact that we already scheduled a follow-up cardiologist appointment in Austin on Thursday will help persuade him.
We can't tell you how much we appreciate all of your prayers, comments, phone calls, emails, and texts. We are ready to go home, be a family again, and all sleep in our own beds!
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